"Acting's fun, but life's more important."
Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian-American actress.
She is best remembered for her role as Lois Lane alongside Christopher Reeve in the Superman Film Series. She also enjoyed a cult following through her appearances in horror films, such as Sisters, Black Christmas, and The Amityville Horror.
Aside from her acting career, Kidder was also an activist in environmentalism and pacifism. She passed away at age 69, in what was ruled a suicide by drug overdose.
Films with pages on TV Tropes:
- Sisters (1973) as Danielle Breton and Dominique Blanchion
- Black Christmas (1974) as Barbara Coard
- The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Maude
- Superman Film Series as Lois Lane
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- Superman II (1980)
- Superman III (1983)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
- The Amityville Horror (1979) as Kathy Lutz
- Henry & Verlin (1994) as Mabel
- Apocalypse III: Tribulation (2000) as Eileen Canboro
- Halloween II (2009) as Barbara Collier
TV series with pages on TV Tropes:
- Nichols (1971–72) as Ruth
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986) as Narrator
- Tales from the Crypt (1992, episode "Curiosity Killed") as Cynthia
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1993–95) as Gaia (voice)note
- Boston Common (1996–97) as Cookie de Varen
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997) as Mistress Helga (voice)
- La Femme Nikita (1999) as Roberta Wirth
- The Outer Limits (1995) (2000, episode "Revival") as Serena
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001, episode "Pique") as Grace Mayberry
- Smallville (2004) as Bridgette Crosby
- Brothers & Sisters (2007) as Emily Craft
- The Haunting Hour (2014, episode "Mrs. Worthington") as Mrs. Worthington
Tropes about the actress's works:
- Poe's Law: Starred in the Apocalypse film series movie Tribulation as a Christian, believing the series to be a parody of Christian end-times movies. She later regretted it when she found out it was played straight and thus didn't make any mention of it.
- Remake Cameo: After playing Lois Lane in the 1978–87 Superman film series, she appeared as Bridgette Crosby in Smallville, which chronicles Clark Kent's adolescence.
